Chen Xiaoyu fell from the pool and fell into a strange embrace, but fortunately the man held her waist and she did not fall into the gutter of the sewer.

Xiaoyu blushed and quickly pushed him away, reaching out and groping on the wall.

There is an electric light hanging above the public pool, which is turned off at night when no one is around, and the pull switch of the electric light is on the wall.

Xiaoyu didn't touch it for a long time, but the other party snapped and pulled the switch.

The soft light poured down and shone on a strange boy in front of her, who was tall and thin, about seventeen or eighteen years old, looking at her curiously.

"What kid are you? So naughty, I didn't know that falling from such a high place would break my foot? He frowned old-fashionedly, looking Xiaoyu up and down.

"You're a child." Chen Xiaoyu blurted out, and in order to hide the embarrassment on his face, he glanced at him again.

"What? Am I a child? The boy approached her and gestured at the two of them, "You are so much shorter than me, and you dare to call me a child?" Are you ten years old? Come, call Uncle Sound to listen. ”

"Go, where did you come from, I'm not afraid to break your longevity." Xiaoyu said as she looked around. At this time, it was time for the families to have dinner, there was no one in the yard, and the windows of the bungalows were lit up with incandescent lamps and warm lights, dotted with stars.

"You're still looking for a chance? Let me tell you, the security of our yard is good, and thieves can't get in. When the boy saw her looking around, he couldn't help but tease her again.

"Who's the thief? I think you're like a thief, hiding in a dark corner where the lights are rumbling, and the lights aren't turned on, so you must have done nothing good. ”

"I'm not a thief, I'm going to wash the dishes, and before I turn on the light, you fell off and almost smashed my bowl, and I lost it, or you probably broke your feet." The boy pointed to the edge of the pool, and Xiaoyu looked at the stack of bowls on the wooden partition.

"Oh. Thank you. She was absent-minded, still wondering where Chen Wenhui would go.

"Hey, whose kid are you?"

Xiaoyu frowned, turned her face slowly, took it seriously, and carefully looked at the boy in front of her.

On the young face, a pair of dark and shining eyes, a straight nose, and a smile that seemed to be a smile on his mouth.

"I'm Chen Xiaoyu, Grandma Chen's family, who are you?"

"Oh, it turns out that you are Grandma Chen's granddaughter." The boy smiled and nodded, "No wonder, I heard my grandmother say today that the little girl of the Chen family has grown up a lot, and I still want to see it, but it turns out that it is really true, and I am almost unrecognizable." ”

Xiaoyu pursed her lips, all the people who met her today said that Chen Xiaoyu has changed a lot, what was she like before? Even the boy said that he couldn't recognize himself.

How can a twelve-year-old girl change?

"I'm Deng Yinan, don't you remember?" The boy smiled, "Yes, I haven't been back to my grandmother's house for almost half a year, of course you don't know me." ”

Deng Yinan? Grandma Deng's eldest grandson? Xiaoyu remembered meeting Grandma Deng early in the morning and said that her eldest grandson was coming back, and it turned out to be him.

The one who heard the most today is the Deng family.

She was silent.

"Hey, Chen Xiaoyu, why are you climbing so high in the black light just now?" Deng Yinan's voice interrupted her musings.

"Did you just see my little uncle?" Chen Xiaoyu woke up.

"Chen Wenhui? Oh, I just saw him like he went over there. Deng Yinan pointed to the door of the compound.

"Oh, thanks, I've got to find him." Xiaoyu said, and was about to run in the direction of the gate of the courtyard, panting for two steps, she began to gasp and felt that someone behind her was watching her,

turned around, and sure enough, Deng Yinan was standing under the light and looking at her sideways.

His hands were in his trouser pockets, his posture was dashing, and his snow-white shirt was shrouded in a soft halo that glowed with warmth.

"Deng Yinan." Chen Xiaoyu screamed and swallowed his saliva.

"Huh?"

"I'm asking you a question." She said.

"Just ask."

"Who are you Deng Hongmei?"

"It's my third aunt." Deng Yinan frowned, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Xiaoyu ran quickly towards the gate of the courtyard again.

On a summer night, the breeze blew the fine bangs on her forehead, and the thin sweat ran down her forehead, face, and neck, and the cloth shirt on her body was wet with sweat and sticky to her back.

But there is a feeling of flying.

At the gate of the yard, there are people shaking banana fans one after another, moving out of bamboo beds and rattan chairs to enjoy the coolness, the street lights are dim, news broadcasts are broadcast in semiconductors, and in the open space outside the gatehouse, there is a large group of people chatting on a small bench, waiting for Grandpa Liu, who is the gatekeeper, to move the TV out, and children are laughing and chasing around the edge of the field.

Someone recognized her, "Little sister of the Chen family, come and watch TV, there is "The Man from the Bottom of the Atlantic" tonight." ”

Xiaoyu smiled and waved her hand, "Next time, I want to find Uncle Xiao for something, have you seen him?" ”

"Wen Hui, I was still there just now, let's go to the river."

Xiaoyu walked out of the courtyard gate and ran towards the river.

Less than a hundred meters from the compound is the moat of the city.

There are rows of trees planted along the river, and the air by the river at night is cool, the willows are forested, and people who are in love walk in pairs, the wind blows through the trees, the branches sway, and the grass comes with the chirping of insects.

Xiaoyu turned around the woods and saw the lonely back by the railing at a glance.

"Little uncle, you run so fast, I can't catch up." Xiaoyu ran over panting, leaning against the railing and panting.

"What are you doing here?" Chen Wenhui saw her and pressed the cigarette butt in his hand against the stone next to him.

"Halfway through the meal, you ran away, and grandma asked me to come out and look for you."

"Hmm." Chen Wenhui responded, then did not speak again, staring at the sparkling river in the distance, his eyes were deep and melancholy, with a little confusion.

"Are you all right?" Xiaoyu looked at him worriedly.

He sighed lowly.

"Ugh." Xiaoyu also sighed heavily.

Chen Wenhui glared at her, "I just sigh, why are you sighing?" ”

Xiaoyu smiled, "If you sigh, I'll sigh." After thinking about it, he said, "Didn't you say okay on the road in the afternoon, let's study hard together, you are discouraged before it starts, can I not sigh?" She sighed again.

"Who said I was discouraged?" Chen Wenhui stalked his head, "I'm not discouraged, I'm worrying about my mathematics, physics and chemistry." ”

"If you don't know, you can learn again, and if you forget it, you can pick it up. If you want to, you can do it. ”

Xiaoyu leaned her body against the stone railing, her eyes looked at the dotted lights on the other side of the river in front of her, "Our classmate's uncle, who graduated from junior high school and joined the queue, was in the countryside, and his family sent him textbooks and review materials. In '77, just after the college entrance examination resumed, he was admitted to the physics department of the Normal University," she paused, "and now he is about to graduate." ”

Chen Xiaoyu is not talking about her classmate's uncle, but in her previous life, her middle school physics teacher, the teacher who gave her a profound influence, and later was admitted to a master's degree, and went to the United States to study for a doctorate, and has already become a well-known scholar in that field.

"Perhaps, in a few years' time, it will be your generation that will decide the fate of this country." She said softly. "The tide of the times is mighty, rushing forward, and no one can stop it."

Chen Wenhui looked at her, "Xiaoyu, after you got sick this time, you know more than us, why?" ”

Chen Xiaoyu just smiled.